UNITED STATES v. 2,116 BOXES OF BONED BEEF

Civ. A. No. 80-1360.

516 F.Supp. 321 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 2,116 BOXES OF BONED BEEF WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 154,121 POUNDS, and 541 Boxes of Offal Weighing Approximately 17,732 Pounds, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

May 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Donlan, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Robert Spiller, Food & Drug Admin., Rockville, Md., Anthony Buccitelli, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Charles D. McAtee, Edison, Lewis, Porter & Haynes, Wilbur G. Leonard, Topeka, Kan., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND DECISION

KELLY, District Judge.

This is a statutory seizure action filed by the United States of America, plaintiff, pursuant to Section 673 of the Meat Inspection Act. This relates to the boned beef and offal of a lot of 273 animals, which were implanted with an illegal drug. The drug in question is diethylstilbestrol (DES), a drug allegedly known to cause cancer and other toxic effects, and which drug was implanted in the cattle (steers...

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